Carrier support for switch and signal rods



Aug 21, 1928.

J. C. MOCK CARRIER SUPPORT FOR SWITCH AND SIGNAL RODS Filed Nov. 15, 1924 Z'Sheets-Sheet 1 vamgisim Aug. 21, 1928.

J. c. MOCK CARRIER SUPPORT FOR SWITCH AND SIGNAL RODS Filed Nov. 15, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 W I \i Patented Aug. 21, 1928.

JAMES C. MOCK, or nETBoIT, ICHIGAN.

CARRIER SUPPORT roaswITcH AND SIGNAL Robs.

Application filed November 15, 1924. Serial No. 750,186.

My invention relates to an improvement in the means for supporting the brackets or carriers of switch or signal operating rods or elements and relates more particularly to the supports or pedestals and the carrier supporting elements mounted on the pedestals and to which the carrier brackets are secured.

The invention has for its object the provision oitaconstruction which possesses the necessary strength to withstand or resist the thrusts encountered in the operation of the switch or'signal operating elements or rods.

The invention also has torits object the provision of a construction which may be readilyputinto place-andwhercin the carrier supporting bars or members will lc easily and at the same time rigidly secured J on the pedestals; my, invention providing a construction which will enable the use ofwhat known as commercial angle iron -whereby the pipe orrod carriers are supported and secured in place; and therefore a construction wherein the height of the assembled structure will be less-than that 01 a construction wherein channel irons are employed for supporting the carriers as in constructions at present in use.

The objects and advantages ot'my invention will all be, more fully comprehended from the detailed description of the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figured is a perspective view of my complete carrier support shown mounted in place, with portions of thecarrler supporting elements or bars and a carrier shown in position. I

i Figure 2 is a perspective view of the main supporting member orv pedestal.

Figure 3 is a i)erspect1ve view of amodified form of pedestal or supporting member.

Figure 4; is a perspective view of a complete pipe carrier support employing the pedestal shown in Figure v V The carrier supports or pedestals are usually mounted on and secured to a suitable pier or ed of concrete, as indicated for 10, to which the pedestal, shown at 11, is secured in any suitable manner, as for example by means of a hook-bolt or rod shown at 12, the lower end whereof extends into a suitable socket in the side of the concrete o y y H shown, the grooves or notches 20, 2O 'and the foundation generally constructexample at its PATENT through an'opening in the extended lobe or car 13 of the pedestal 11. a

The pedestal 11, which is preferably of cast metal, comprisesa base 14 provided,

with the bearing surfaces or foot portions 15, 15 at opposite ends. The pedestal is shown formed with the upwardly and outwardly curved or sloping end walls 16,16. In order to provide a comparatively light structure, I have shown the pedestal of the more or less skeleton formation and there I tore provide the r'cenforcing webs 17, 1.7 extending upwardly from the base"14, at points intermediate of the'ends of the base, to a height equal to thatwot the webs 17, 17 andin spaced relationtherewith The ends 16. 16 and the webs 17, 17, at each endot the pedestal, are formed integral with the upper end portions 18, 18. i

The one longitudinal side of the pedestal, namely-c what maybe termed as the inner longitudinal side, relative to the manner'of assemblingthe parts, isprovided with a vertically disposed wall or web 19 extending from end to end formedintegral with the base 14, the webs l'f, and the ends 16 and the upper end portions 18. Asis apparent from the construction shown and described, a comwhich at the same time will possess the requisite strength and rigidity;

The vertical wall or web 19 at suitable points removed from theen ds 18, namely at points coincident with the more 'or less horizontally disposed portions oi the web's17,17,

is providedwith a pair of groovesor notches as atQU, 20, that isto saya groove or notch I 20 adjacent to each end 18 which is adapted to receive and providea seat for one leg or side 'oi each angle bar 21, I to whichlthe brackets or.- carriers 22am securodr The upper end Jor tio'ns 18, 18 are each preterably orovided with recessed surface as at 23 to provide a seat for theother leg or SIdB of the angle-bar 21and thus also p'rovideQa shoulder or abutment tor the outer angle so that theside or leg of the angle may extend flushfwith the upper surfacefof the 'As s evident" longitudinal side of the bar 21.} i The re- :ccsses are preferably each of a depth equivalent to the thickness of the leg orfside of the "from (the construction shoulders formed by the recessed surfaces 23 will maintain the angle bars in place against lateral or sidewise movement. The angle bars 21, 21 are in turn secured to the ped estal against longitudinal movement by means of the nuts'24 secured to the bolts 25 (or by the heads of the bolts) which extend upward through suitable apertures formed in the upper end portions 18 at points adj acent to the recessed surfaces 23; the heads of the bolts being disposed in the recesses or sockets formed intermediate of the ends 164 and the reenforcing webs 17 these ,re-

cesses beingsufliciently large to permit insertion of the bolts while at the same time holdingthe heads of the bolts (or the nuts as the case may be) against accidental rota tion. "@The angle bars 21 are provided with a number; of perforations or openings 26 at suitable spaced intervals apart to correspond with ,the usual spacing 'of the brackets of the carrier 22, andthe apertured foot-portions thereof'so that thefoot portions of the brackets may be-bolted to the angle bars by means, of the bolts27 as shown inFigure 1. V L I In the modification of the invention, disclosed in Figures 3' and 4, the pedestal, which is also preferably of cast metal, comprises a base portion 28, preferably provided with the bearing surfaces or foot pertions 29 at opposite ends. The pedestal is shown provided with upwardly and out wardly curved or sloping end walls 30, 30 preferably of width commensurate with the width of the base. The endwall portions are shown terminating at top in the horizontally disposed surfaces 31 extending inwardly or toward each other from opposite ends of the pedestal and also preferably formed integral with a connecting top or reenforcing web 32. The connecting web or top portion 32 is preferably in a plane be neath the plane of the end surfaces 31 and this web-32, the end walls 30 and their surfaces 31, together with the base portion '28 are all preferably formed integral, at one side of the pedestal, with a side wall 33 The top reenforcing web 32 is preferably reenforced by means of the integral vertically disposed webs 34, 34, which in turn are formed integral with the base portion 28 at points intermediate of the ends of the base and preferably at a point where the base 28 is provided with the extended lobe or car 35 which projects beyondone side of the'pedest-al. s I -tured 't'oreceive the hook-bolt or rod 12, 00

The lobe orear- 35 is aperwhose lower end usually extends into a suit able socket formed in the side of the concrete foundation indicated at lOj on which the tio

The end walls 30 and the downwardly curved portions of the top reenforcing web 32, like the end walls 16 andthe web 17 in Figures 1 and 2, are arranged in spaced relatio'nto provide nut or bolt-head receiving sockets beneath the top surfaces 31; the surfaces'31 being apertured at 36 to receive bolts whereby the supporting rods or angle bars 38, which extend transversely of the pedestals at both ends thereof, are clamped in place. The side wall 33 and the toprcenforcing ,wcb'32, like the side wall 19 and recnforcing webs 17 in Figures 1 andQ, are preferably disposed a sullicient surfaces: 31, to-correspon'd with the width of one side or leg of the supporting angle bars 38, to perniitthe one leg orsidecto be disposed" vertically and to rest on the distance beneath the plane of the upper end top reenforcing web 32, while the other side or leg is disposed horizontally and rests on the top end surfaces 31. Theft'op end surfaces 31, like in the pedestal shown in .Fig-' bars 38 and thus preventitransverse' movement of j the angle bars, in one direction; transverse movement of the bars 38 in the opposite direction being prevented by the shoulder formed by'the recess 39 as well as by'pthebolt-hea'dj or n'utsb "The angle bars 38 in the'construction'shown in Figures 3 and 4-havethe horizontally disposed sides or legs shown provided with the key-hole slots41 to receive the bolts 27 whereby the brackets or carrier-s22 are secured in place; the slots compensating for any inaccuracies that may occur in the castings and thus enable easy assembly. M if c The construction shown in Figures 3 and 4, like that shown in Figures 1 and 2, provides a comparatively light pedestal of more or less skeleton form and therefore not of excessive weight, while at the same, time possessing the requisite strength: required to withstand theshocks and strains to which it is subjected; and while the constructions illustrated are believed'to be the simplest and best adaptationsof my invention and have been described in terms employed vmerely as terms of description and-not as terms of limitation, structuralmodifications arepossible and may be made without, however, departing from the spirit of my inv vention. I I pedestal rests when inassembled pos1- wear claim isz r v d 1. In acarriersupport, a pedestal comprising an integral structure provided with a base having a side Wall integral with one longitudlnal side of the base, upwardly extending end walls terminating in horizontal surfaces adapted to extend beyond the vertical plane of and above said side wall, the horizontal top surfaces of the ends and upper edge of said side wall at points adjacent to the ends being each provided With abutting surfaces for the longitudinal edges of carrier supporting rails.

2. In a carrier support, a pedestal comprising a base provided with a bolt-receiw ing aperture, upwardly and outwardly disposed endsterininating in horizontally disposed upper surfaces recessed adjacent to the inner ends to provide transverse shouldors, the ends beyond said recesses having bolt-receiving apertures, an upstanding side wall, integral with one longitudinal side of the base and extending from end to end and terminating in a plane beneath that of said recessed portions of the ends, the upper surface of'said side wall adjacent to each end being provided with rail holding surfaces, in combination with a pair of angle bars disposed intermediate 01' the ends of the pedestals, each angle bar being arranged with one side seated on the recessed portion of the pedestal ends in abut-ting relation with said shoulders while the vertically disposed side of each bar rests edgewise on said side wall in contact with the adjacentrail holding surface.

' JAMES C. MOCK.

CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION.

Patent No. 1,681,619. Granted August 21, 1928 to JAMES C. MOGK.

It is hereby certified that error appears in the printed specification of the above numbered patent requiring correction as follows: Page 3, line 28, claim 2, after the Word "side" insert the Words "disposed horizontally and"; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 25th day of September, A. D. 1928.

M. J. Moore, (Seal) Acting Commissioner of Patents. 

